We’re currently enjoying our last full day in Mexico and suffice it to say that it’s exceeded my expectations in nearly every way. Being from California, most of my conceptions of Cabo involved drunken college weeks taking tequila shots in I Love Cabo tanks. We’ve seen plenty of that, of course, but our experience has been excellent.

We’ve spent the week at Casa Dorada on Medano Beach, the perfect location for hitting up amazing restaurants, shopping, etc. If we couldn’t walk somewhere (which was rare), we didn’t pay more than $6 for a cab. I’ll have to do a full-on day-by-day play-by-play to highlight some of the most memorable spots we hit up, but here are some snapshots from the week thus far:

Shannon Kircher is the founder and editor of The Wanderlust Effect, formerly The Traveling Scholar. Founded in 2009, she has continued to document her international escapes as an expat in Europe and the Caribbean. She is a former resident of London and San Francisco and now calls the island of Anguilla home. In addition to The Wanderlust Effect, Shannon is the Director of Marketing for the Frangipani Beach Resort and is on the Board of Directors of the Omololu International School in Anguilla.